Note that a priori probabilities are set up before making the draws, on the basis of our prior knowledge of the situation, whereas a posteriori probabilities are set up after making the draws, on the basis of the results of the draws. [...] In our urn example, the conditions were the composition of the contents of the urn, and the actions were the making of a random draw. [...] One might say that the prob- ability of the success of a trial is a numerical measure of the likelihood that the trial will succeed, but this definition is circular. [...] In the case of the tossing of coins, the appear- ance of head or tail forms a set of two mutually-exclusive events. [...] The probability of the success or failure of a trial is said to be conditional if the success or failure is contingent in some way upon the outcome of some other (and usually) prior trial.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 141) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 1963.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 519.9
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 9780773542433 9780773593909
- LCCN
- QH405
- LCCN Item number
- S7 1963eb
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- CaBNVSL
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- 1 electronic text (xiii, 147 pages)
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- Ottawa, Ontario
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- CaOOCEL
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- (CaBNVSL)thg00913005 (OCoLC)887635696 (CaOOCEL)448338
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaBNVSL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title 3
- Copyright 4
- Dedication 5
- Preface 6
- Contents 7
- List of Figures 8
- List of Tables 9
- I The Theory of Probability 12
- II Samples, Universes, Distributions 24
- III The Normal Frequency Distribution 32
- IV The Basic Concept of Significance in Statistical Analysis 43
- V The Binomial Distribution 58
- VI The Poisson Distribution 68
- VII The Method of Least Squares 74
- VIII Regression 87
- IX Correlation 101
- X Rank Correlation 112
- XI Contingency or Association 122
- XII The Analysis of Variance 131
- XIII Fifty Per Cent Lethal Dose, or LD50 138
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 152
- INDEX 153
